Archippe

a Pleiades place resource

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Pliny the Elder relates that Marsyas of Lydia founded Archippe in the territory of the Marsi. It was eventually inundated by the Fucine Lake.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/416059868

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- oppidum Archippe (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Archippe makes connections with:

None

Archippe receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement (fortified), unlocated

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 3.108.3

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Archippe: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/416059868> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/416059868 |title=Places: 416059868 (Archippe) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 4:01 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}